Lukas Heller
Writer
July 21, 1930 — November 2, 1988 (58 years)
Lukas Heller (21 July 1930 – 2 November 1988) was a German-born British screenwriter. Heller was born to a Jewish family in Kiel. His father was political philosopher Hermann Heller. He was known for writing the screen adaptions for several Robert Aldrich films such as What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964); for the later film he won an Edgar Award with Henry Farrell, who wrote the source text for both films.
Known For
Filmography
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1977 | Damnation Alley · as Screenplay |
| 1973 | |
| 1970 | Monte Walsh · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | Too Late the Hero · as Screenplay |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | The Flight of the Phoenix · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | Hot Enough for June · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1962 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Never Back Losers · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | The Edgar Wallace Mysteries · as Screenplay |
| 2004 | Flight of the Phoenix · as Scenario Writer |
| 2003 | Monte Walsh · as Teleplay |
| 1988 | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission · as Characters |
| 1987 | The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission · as Characters |
| 1985 | The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission · as Characters |
| 1959 | Sapphire · as Additional DialogueOn Plex |
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? · as Original Screenplay |